Cocktails and Murder on the Potomac

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Summary: Cocktails and Murder on the Potomac
Review: Slip a copy of "Cocktails and Murder on the Potomac" into your briefcase when you board your train home for the holidays. When you finish, give it to that young teenage niece of yours who always has her head in a book.

International intrigue, murder and mayhem amid oil rich Arabs is ferreted out in Washington, D.C. night spots by a cluster of friends. Bright and engaging, they all are connected to the international community because of their occupations. Their relationship with the police harps back to the trusting times when Miss Marple solved her mysteries.

Devoid of gratuitous violence, the story keeps you turning pages with its twists and turns. Do not leap ahead to the end or you will spoil the fun! Characters sporadically recap the situation which proves helpful since a lot of action is covered in this rather brief book.

If you live in or have visited the nation's capital, you will have the special treat of following the characters as they thread through the city pondering the enigma of a disappearance and subsequent murders. Many of the short chapters take place in familiar and beloved haunts: the Cosmos Club, Georgetown uiversity, the Kennedy Center and Politics and Prose Bookstore. Mouth watering menus from DC restaurants and the sleuths own kitchens would make this a must for those of us who simply enjoy eating.

Rating:
Summary: Cocktails and Murder on the Potomac
Review: Slip a copy of "Cocktails and Murder on the Potomac" into your briefcase when you board your train home for the holidays. When you finish, give it to that young teenage niece of yours who always has her head in a book.

International intrigue, murder and mayhem amid oil rich Arabs is ferreted out in Washington, D.C. night spots by a cluster of friends. Bright and engaging, they all are connected to the international community because of their occupations. Their relationship with the police harps back to the trusting times when Miss Marple solved her mysteries.

Devoid of gratuitous violence, the story keeps you turning pages with its twists and turns. Do not leap ahead to the end or you will spoil the fun! Characters sporadically recap the situation which proves helpful since a lot of action is covered in this rather brief book.

If you live in or have visited the nation's capital, you will have the special treat of following the characters as they thread through the city pondering the enigma of a disappearance and subsequent murders. Many of the short chapters take place in familiar and beloved haunts: the Cosmos Club, Georgetown uiversity, the Kennedy Center and Politics and Prose Bookstore. Mouth watering menus from DC restaurants and the sleuths own kitchens would make this a must for those of us who simply enjoy eating.